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Authorities believe a gunman may have targeted the California Seventh-day Adventist school where two young boys were critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday because of its church affiliation, the Butte County sheriff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooting took place around 1 p.m. on the campus of Feather River Adventist School near Palermo, after the gunman had met with the principal about enrolling a student, Sheriff Kory L. Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShortly after concluding that meeting, the principal heard shots being fired, heard screams, and that\u2019s when they determined or found that the students had been shot,\u201d Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two students, boys ages 5 and 6, were in “extremely critical condition” at a hospital Wednesday night, Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I can tell you that the injuries are very, very serious,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter was dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound when law enforcement arrived, and a handgun was found next to him, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation into the shooter and what motivated him was ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have received some information that leads us to believe that the subject responsible for the shooting targeted this school because of its affiliation with the Seventh-day Adventist Church,” Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honea cautioned that it was very early in what he called a complex investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter has no connection between the victims of the school, Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators are trying to determine whether the meeting about possible enrollment of a family member was real or just a ruse to get onto campus, he said. The meeting was cordial, with nothing that concerned the administrator, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feather River Adventist School is a K-8 school with about 35 students, Honea said. It is in Butte County, south of Oroville and near Palermo, around 60 miles north of Sacramento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The children who were shot are kindergarten students, Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other children at the school were sequestered in a gymnasium until authorities organized buses to reunite them with their parents at a church in Oroville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joselyn, a sixth grader at the school, told NBC affiliate KCRA of Sacramento that she heard the gunshots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI also saw the shooter go across a window, like pacing back and forth. And then we were running to the gym,\u201d she told the station. \u201cI looked back and I saw a shadow with a gun, so I told most people to run even faster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooting is believed to be isolated to the school, but the sheriff’s office said it was notifying other law enforcement agencies out of an abundance of caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gunman\u2019s identity was not released Wednesday night. Honea said authorities withheld the name because possible associates were being interviewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He arrived at the school in an Uber ride. The driver has been identified and was being interviewed about what the shooter may have said during the ride, Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cellphone 911 calls came into the California Highway Patrol around 1:08 p.m., and it immediately responded along with sheriff\u2019s deputies, Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Highway Patrol officer was the first on the scene and found the gunman deceased, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FBI is assisting in the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re doing an entire work-up of the subject, to get a better understanding of his motivation, ideology \u2014 what else could help understand today’s situation and incident,” Sid Patel, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Sacramento, said at a news conference Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honea called the shooting horrible and tragic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When you’re talking about little kids like this, who can’t defend themselves, it really does tear at the heart,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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